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Rugby Lunch at the Law Society LAW SOCIETY GazetteGazette€3.75 Jan/Feb 2009 STANDINGSTANDING FIRMFIRM againstagainst thethe recessionrecession stormstorm 02 9 771393 695012 INSIDE: EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT • EXPERT EVIDENCE • THE JOB INTERVIEW • PIAB AND O’BRIEN iÃÌÀ>Ì >` ÌÀ> >Û>>Li À Ài vÀ>Ì V> £nääÊxäÊäÎ{ 7 iÃÌ>ÜÊ UÊ - - U "1, - U -/" U 1,, /Ê7, -- "iÊ>`ÊvÕÞÊÃi>ÀV >Li ÜÜÜ°ÜiÃÌ>Ü°i V> £nääÊxäÊäÎ{ i> iµÕÀiÃJÜiÃÌ>Ü°i ÀÊÛÃÌ ÜÜÜ°ÜiÃÌ>Ü°i PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE LAW SOCIETY GAZETTE JAN/FEB 2009 A cool head and a calm voice s this is my first message of the New Year, I do with a simpler existence and a chance to redress the thought it might be useful to give you some work/life balance. As one legal owl put it: “You can only feedback from your own colleagues. Having sleep in one bed at a time, wear one suit at a time, eat one spoken to many of you, some consistent meal at a time.” Athemes have emerged. There is a sense of It is not all doom and gloom, and there are certain bewilderment at the pace and scale of the recession – areas of work that continue to remain buoyant. We there is no point in avoiding the ‘R’ word now. This has in the Law Society continue to encourage you to take naturally given rise to much anxiety about the coming the opportunity to broaden your skills and to make the year. necessary adjustments in your practice. It has been very tough for many It is comforting that over 1,000 of you practices, particularly those dependent “Your skills and availed of the free CPD online seminar on conveyancing, although there has expertise can be on practice management in December. been some unhelpful and ill-informed Your skills and expertise can be of comment about how this has impacted of vital assistance vital assistance to your clients, who are on individual firms. Certainly, many to your clients who looking for a cool head and a calm voice. firms have had to shorten working There is a golden opportunity to spend hours or reduce pay (and this applies are looking for a some quality time with your clients from the top down). Notwithstanding cool head and a and listen to their problems. Go out such measures, it seems inevitable of your way to ratchet up your level of that there will be a substantial level of calm voice” service. Look for ways to improve your unemployment within the profession communications, responsiveness and in the coming year. knowledge of their business. This will Most firms recognise the importance of retaining well- repay you quicker than anything else. trained and motivated staff and, in fairness, most employ- People are looking for leadership and, within your ees have understood that these are unprecedented times community, you must lead by example and project a and have taken pay cuts and shorter hours on the chin. realistic yet positive outlook. Together, we will beat this As we ponder about how this all happened, it is recession. important to acknowledge that we have come a long way and we must avoid the temptation to write off, as negative, John D Shaw all that we have just gone through. Most of us can make President www.lawsocietygazette.ie 1 LAW SOCIETY GAZETTE JAN/FEB 2009 CONTENTS On the cover LAW SOCIETY When it rains, it pours – but they say it’s darkest just before the dawn. And when the ill winds of economic change blow nobody any good, all practitioners should Gazette welcome advice on honing the cut of their jib Jan/Feb 2009 PIC: REX FEATURES Volume 103, number 1 Subscriptions: €57 REGULARS 1 President’s message 4 News Analysis 10 10 News feature: Human Rights Festival 12 News feature: Disciplinary Tribunal: role and functions 14 Human rights watch: procedural safeguards and evictions 14 One to watch: European orders for payment Comment 17 17 Letters 5 18 Viewpoint: PIAB and the O’Brien decision 41 People and places Obituary 44 Sir John Mortimer 45 Student spotlight Book review 46 Inheritance & Succession: the Complete Irish Guide Briefing 47 47 Council report, 4 December 2008 48 Practice notes 10 51 Legislation update: 18 Nov ’08 – 19 Jan ’09 55 Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal 59 Firstlaw update 61 Eurlegal: family reunion and EU citizenship 64 Professional notices 69 Recruitment advertising Editor: Mark McDermott. Deputy editor: Dr Garrett O’Boyle. Designer: Nuala Redmond. Editorial secretaries: Valerie Farrell, Marsha Dunne. For professional notice rates (lost land certificates, wills, title deeds, employment, miscellaneous), see page 65. Commercial advertising: Seán Ó hOisín, 10 Arran Road, Dublin 9; tel: 01 837 5018, fax: 01 884 4626, mobile: 086 811 7116, email: [email protected]. Printing: Turner’s Printing Company Ltd, Longford. Editorial board: Stuart Gilhooly (chairman), Mark McDermott (secretary), Paul Egan, Richard Hammond, Simon Hannigan, Michael Kealey, Mary Keane, 43 Aisling Kelly, Patrick J McGonagle, Ken Murphy. 2 www.lawsocietygazette.ie CONTENTS LAW SOCIETY GAZETTE JAN/FEB 2009 Get more at lawsociety.ie PROFESSIONAL NOTICES: send small advert details, with payment, to: Gazette Offi ce, Blackhall Place, Dublin 7, tel: 01 672 4828, or email: [email protected]. Gazette readers can access back issues of the ALL CHEQUES SHOULD BE MADE PAYABLE TO: LAW SOCIETY OF IRELAND. magazine as far back as Jan/Feb 1997, right up COMMERCIAL ADVERTISING: contact Seán Ó hOisín, 10 Arran Road, Dublin 9, to the current issue at lawsociety.ie. tel: 01 837 5018, fax: 884 4626, mobile: 086 811 7116, email: [email protected] You can also check out: • Current news HAVE YOU MOVED? Members of the profession should send change-of-address • Forthcoming events, including Practice details to: IT Section, Blackhall Place, Dublin 7, or to: [email protected] Management Task Force/CPD Focus ‘survival HOW TO REACH US: Law Society Gazette, Blackhall Place, Dublin 7. skills’ seminar, 27 February Tel: 01 672 4828, fax: 01 672 4877, email: [email protected] • Employment opportunities • The latest CPD courses FSC independently-certified wood and paper products used by the Law Society Gazette come from ecologically-managed forests. Visit: www.fsc.org … as well as lots of other useful information PEFC certifies that wood and paper products used by the Law Society Gazette are sourced by suppliers from sustainable, managed forests. Visit: www.pefc.org FEATURES COVER STORY: 20 Batten down the hatches The economy has hit a rough patch, and many practitioners are extremely concerned about steering their firms through 2009. David Rowe suggests steps to take to recession-proof firms Performance anxiety 24 There has been an increase in claims before the courts to compel reluctant purchasers to close on sales agreed in better times. Two recent decisions offer an insight to how the courts are treating such claims, writes Niamh Herron Managing to pull through 28 It was a tough year for many firms, and 2009 is unlikely to be much easier. For many, survival will be an issue – but survival will be much easier for those with effective leadership and management, writes Andrew Otterburn Dumb witness 30 The role of experts in the investigation and prosecution of 30 criminal offences is an important one, and the Law Reform Commission has recently turned its attentions in this direction. Yvonne Daly hunts for trace Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition! 34 While the job specifications and skills required depend on the position you’re going for, Neil Connolly and Aoife Coonagh say the mistakes people make at interviews are common to all On the front line 37 In part 2 of his interview, Colin Murphy talks with the Chief Inspector of the Garda Inspectorate, Kathleen O’Toole, about ‘less lethal’ weapons, ‘barricade incidents’, and the importance of seeing uniformed gardaí ‘out on the front line’ The Law Society of Ireland can accept no responsibility for the accuracy of contributed articles or statements appearing in this magazine, and any views or opinions expressed are not necessarily those of the Law Society’s Council, save where otherwise indicated. No responsibility for loss or distress occasioned to any person acting or refraining from acting as a result of the material in this publication can be accepted by the authors, contributors, editor or publishers. The editor reserves the right to make publishing decisions on any advertisement or editorial article submitted to this magazine, and to refuse publication or to edit any editorial material as seems appropriate to him. Professional legal advice should always be sought in relation to any specific matter. Published at Blackhall Place, Dublin 7, tel: 01 672 4800, fax: 01 672 4877. Email: [email protected] Website: www.lawsocietygazette.ie 34 www.lawsocietygazette.ie 3 LAW SOCIETY GAZETTE JAN/FEB 2009 NEWS nationwide Send your news to: Law Society Gazette, Blackhall Place, Dublin 7, or email: [email protected] WATERFORD are still available from Jerry At Waterford Law Society’s Cronin. Mortimer is happy also well-attended AGM before to promote the SLA annual Christmas, Bernadette Cahill conference, which will take place succeeded Morette Kinsella as in Lisbon in September. Two, president. Other officers three and five-day options are appointed: Elizabeth Dowling available at very competitive (secretary); Deirdre McSweeney prices. (treasurer); committee members: Forthcoming CPD courses in Helen Bowe O’Brien, Kieran Cork will be provided soon on Curran, Rosa Eivers, Fiona Fitz- accounts regulations (Seamus gerald, John Goff Jnr, Jim Hally, McGrath of the Law Society) and Niall King, Morette Kinsella, Patricia Harney on client care. Tom Murran, Derry O’Carroll, Paul Twohig and Jill Walsh. DUBLIN Morette Kinsella presented At the recent Southside Solicitors’ Dinner, held in the Royal St George Almost 300 colleagues attended a new constitution to the Yacht Club, Dun Laoghaire, on 16 January 2009 were (l to r): Dominic the DSBA’s annual ball in the Dowling, Kevin O’Higgins (president of the DSBA), Ruth Dowling and members, which was adopted.
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